Recreational Building: Naval Reserve Park - Biloxi MS

City:: Biloxi, MS
Site Type:: Recreation Halls, Parks and Recreation
New Deal Agencies:: Work Relief Programs, National Youth Administration (NYA)
Started:: 1938
Completed:: 1938
Quality of Information:: Very Good
Marked:: Unknown

Description

The National Youth Administration built a recreational hall at the Naval Reserve Parkin Biloxi in 1938 as W.P. 4380. They also planted rose bushes, cedar trees, and dog wood trees and numerous flower beds along with the construction of the recreation building. The project employed 40 boys.

Source notes

Series 2018: Work Projects Photograph Album. (1937-1939). Mississippi Department of Archives & History Digital Archives. Retrieved October 14, 2021 from: https://da.mdah.ms.gov/series/federal/2018/

Gulfport Women Honored Guests of Biloxi Woman’s Club. (Feb 10, 1938). The (Biloxi) Daily Herald, p. 3.

Beautify Naval Reserve Park. (Mar 17, 1938). The (Biloxi) Daily Herald, p. 6.

NYA Starts Building Ten-Room School in George County. (May 12, 1938). The (Biloxi) Daily Herald, p. 8.

Site originally submitted by Susan Allen on October 17, 2021.